These pictures were taken from the balcony of Greg's apartment. He always leaves his sliding glass doors open to the ocean. This provides a nice breeze and fresh air but also causes anything metal to rust.
Puerto Rico- February 15-20,
2003
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These pictures were taken from the balcony of Greg's apartment. He always
leaves his sliding glass doors open to the ocean. This provides a nice
breeze and fresh air but also causes anything metal to rust.
These pictures were taken at a beach area East of the city.
Rainbow from our seat at a restaurant
Picture #1, from left to right: Greg, James, Nybiou, and his wife, Damaris.
Picture #2, from left to right: Me, Greg, and James.
Picture #3, from left to right: Greg, Me, and James.
Picture #4, Greg, passed out in the hammock after a big meal
*We were still white in these pictures because we had just gotten
to Puerto Rico
Assorted Pictures From Rincon. Big waves, but a rough, coral reef
below the water. Board Rentals were $10 and I ran into many Americans
including 2 people I knew when I worked out in the Hamptons. How random is
that?
La Parguera- A coastal town on the South shore. What a great little
town!
I liked the way this run-down factory looked from the car
No Comment...
Pictures from El Yunque Rainforest. The girl is one of 2 from NYC that
we met at the beach.
From the top of the mountain we could see the ocean. Later on we
surfed right between the 2 sets of high rise hotels. It was a strange
area. The beach was in the barrio and we we the only ones enjoying the
great surf and the sandy bottom.
Orographic Uplift at its best. Rainshadow phenomenon anyone?
El Gato Loco
OK, this is San Juan, Puerto Rico, not a foreign country. How does
this happen?
Insert line from "Boyz in da Hood"
The bricks used for the roads in Old San Juan were made from the ash of Iron
ovens. This ash was used for ballast in the ships that came to
harbor. When the ships loaded up with cargo, the ballast ash was left
behind. The resulting bricks have a beautiful blue-grey color to them.
More Old San Juan pictures. Yeah, the pink building is a Ben and
Jerry's. And finally, Ben and Jerry... errr... James and Greg.
Captain V. Gregor Vogel, JAG. Army escort to the airport- sweet!
For more information about Puerto Rico, check out these websites:
Para Touristas:
http://welcome.topuertorico.org/
http://escape.topuertorico.com/
http://www.gotopuertorico.com/
http://www.puertorico.com/
CIA Factbook on Puerto Rico
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rq.html
El Yunque Rainforest
http://www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/caribbean/
http://www.solboricua.com/elyunque/
http://www.elboricua.com/BoricuaKids_ElYunque.html
Old San Juan
http://www.vividlight.com/articles/1611.htm
Surfing in Puerto Rico
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Dropzone/8964/pr.html
http://surfboardspr.com/surfing_history.htm
